contextlib.suppress

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contextlib.suppress

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contextlib.suppress() is a context manager that silently swallows the specified exception type if it is raised inside the with block. It is the idiomatic replacement for try: ... except FileNotFoundError: pass — cleaner and more explicit about intent. Use it when you genuinely want to ignore a specific error (e.g., deleting a file that might not exist). Avoid it when the exception signals a real problem that needs handling.